- Understanding proper style for and writing of informal emails.Predicted problems and solutions - Some students may have problems with the steps to write an emails 1.. Main lesson aims:
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-LESSON PLAN
WRITING
Teacher: Group 10: Tăng Bích Như - 19523271
Lê Trần Thảo Như - 19471811 Trương Huy Hoàng -19473361
Thân Hà Văn Hoàng -19476301 Class:
Supervisor: Ms Nguyen Thi Diem Thi, M.A.
November 13 2022, Ho Chi Minh City th
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Lê Trần Thảo Như
Trương Huy Hoàng
Thân Hà Văn Hoàng
Observer’s name: Ms Nguyen Thi Diem Thi Length of lesson: 45 mins
Class name: Observation start time: 12.30 pm
Room: A4.09 Date: 13/11/2022 Length of observation: 45 mins
Observation agenda
(Observer)
Observation agenda
(Teacher)
Personal goals
(What are you trying to improve in your
skills as a teacher?)
- Know how to build a lesson plan for writing class and how to manage the class
- Practice confidence skills in front
of the class to interact with students
- Know how to deal with unexpected problems in the classroom
- Know how to inspire learning to students
- Cultivate creativity in teaching content design
Assumptions
(About what the students
know/can do)
- Identify elements of an informal email
- Students know the steps to write
an informal emails
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Predicted problems
and solutions
- Some students may have problems with the steps to write an emails (1)
- Solution for this: Correct their mistake and encourage them to
practice more in class
- Some students are tend to distracted may and not understand
the lesson (2).
- Solution for this: Creating an exciting atmosphere in the
class.
LESSON PLAN
UNIT 1: STUDY PLANS
Lesson: Writing
I OBJECTIVES:
A Main lesson aims:
By the end of the lesson, students should be better able to:
- Identify formal and informal expressions in an email
- Discover the key points that require mail responses
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B Language materials:
a) Vocabulary
- Abroad (n)
- University (n)
- Course (n)
- Water sport (n)
- Advantage (n)
- Preference (n)
- Fashion designer (n)
- Consider (v)
- Organize (v)
b) Pronunciation
- Correct pronunciation of new words
c) Grammar:
- Present simple, past simple, present continuous, past continuous, present perfect simple, present perfect continuous, gerunds and infinitives
C Skills
Integrated skills: Reading – Writing
* Focus on: Writing skill
II METHOD AND TEACHING AIDS:
1 Methods
Communicative Language Teaching Method (CLT)
2 Teaching aids
LCD, laptop, PowerPoint file, whiteboard, markers, microphone, handouts, speakers
III TEXTBOOKS:
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IV Steps of teaching:
1 Greeting
2 New lesson (45minutes)
Content
Warm-up and
lead-in
(10 minutes)
Warm-up:
- Organize the class into
7 groups
- Require students to
determine whether the
expressions are formal or
informal
- Ask students to write
down their answers
- Sit in groups
as the teacher instructs and be ready for the activity
- Concentrate
on reading the expressions on the board in 4 minutes
-Note the answers and raise each of them in turn
- Organize the class into 7 groups of six students each and give them the prepared papers and markers to join the activity
- Ask students to find out whether the expressions that may appear in the email on the board are formal or informal
by reading them in 4 minutes
- Ask students to write down their answers, then have each group reveal their own after reading
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“These are just some of the common expressions you will see when writing an email It is divided into 2 categories: formal and informal Now, for
a better understanding of how to distinguish them and use them in emails, let’s keep
up with our lesson.”
Presentation
(14 minutes)
Presentation 1
(7 minutes)
- Teacher introduces about an informal email
- Teacher shows parts of an informal email
-Look at the screen
-Look at the screen
- An informal email :
+ is usually between people who know each other fairy well + is written to your relatives, family or friends
- Parts of an informal email:
+ Greeting + Opening Paragraph + Main Paragraph + Closing Paragraph
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write an informal email
-Pay attention
to teacher’s instruction
+ Saying Goodbye + Your name
- Greeting
+ Hi…, + Dear…, + Hello…,
- Opening Paragraph
+ Following with a friendly expression:
Example: How are you? ,…
+ Answering an email that your friend has sent you:
Example: Thanks for your email,…
- Main paragraph
+ Making suggestions
Example: How about going to the cinema tomorrow ?,…
+ Invitations
Example: Would you like to come to dinner
on Friday night ? + Asking for something
Example: Could you please send me a map of the city?,…
+ Giving good news
Example: I’m glad to tell you that…
+ Giving the bad news
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Trang 8 Example I’m afraid I’ve got some bad news for you …
+ Giving advice
Example: You should… + Offering to do some thing
Example: If I want, I could…
- Thinking about
connectors to join your sentences:
+ Since + because + So + but + And + Until + For +
However
- Closing paragraph
Example: Well, it’s time
to say goodbye,…
- Saying goodbye
Example: Best
wishes,love,
Example: Jack, John,
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( 14 minutes)
Practice 1
( 7 minutes):
Read the email from an
English friend called Leo
Underline the points that
Leo wants you to answer
- Give students a Handout
- Let students read the email 3 minutes
- Organize the class into 2 teams
- Divide the board into2 columns,T will invite students randomly in each team to go to the board and write down the answers
T checks Sts’s answer
and encourages them
-Pay attention
to T’s instruction
-Get handouts
- Look at the handout -Carry out the activity -Sts who are invited will go to
the board and write down the complete sentences
-Presentati
on
(14
minutes)
Presentation 2:
- Ask students when should we use
a formal email and
when should we use
an informal email?
- Give students the answer
-Answer the question
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informal email
- Ask students
look at that sample
email (especially the
highlighted
sentences) and tell
the tips for writing
an informal email
(Give students one
minute to prepare
their answers)
- Invite some
students answer the
question
- Show students
some tips for
writing an informal
email and explain
them
- Look at the picture
- Students
do a task
-Answer the question
-Listen
to the teacher
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(14
minutes)
Exercise 2
(7 minutes)
-Ask students to do
an exercise to check their
writing: “Error
correction”
- Setting time 7 minutes for the whole
activity
- Explain the rule and make sure they
understand the exercise
- Teacher picks some students and gives
the answer as the whole
class
-Students
do the task
-Listen to the teacher
- Give their answers
The rules of activity:
+ Students are divided into groups + Each group will get the exercise paper + There are 6 sentences Each sentence has a mistake
Find and correct it
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1 Hi Chris
2 hear from
3 for your
4 would / I’d
5 should read
6 forward to seeing
Production
(12
minutes)
Exercise 3: gap filling
-Ask students to do an
exercise to check their
writing ” Formal email to
a school”
- Setting time 5 minutes
for the whole activity
- Explain the rule and
make sure they
understand the exercise
- The teacher picks a
representative from each
-Students
do the task
-Listen to the teacher
The rules of activity:
+ Students are divided into 4 groups
+ Each group will picks a representative from each group
to write the answers on the board
+ There are 14 gaps Find the correct answer and complete the email
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answers on the board
- Show the correct
answer and find the
winning team
-Give their answers
+ The winning group will get 1 plus point
The answer:
1 Dear Sir / Madam,
2 I am writing to ask
3 you offer at your college.
4 Firstly
5 what kinds of course
6 Secondly
7 Finally
8 cost
9 what date
10 If
11 information
12 please write to me.
13 I look forward to your answer.
14 faithfully,
Consolidat
ion
(3
minutes)
-Summarizes the
lesson:
+ The teacher reviews the
lesson
- Listen and copy
-Parts of an informal email: +Greeting
+Opening Paragraph +Main paragraph +Closing paragraph +Saying Goodbye +Your name
Homework:
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